Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women (after lung cancer). In 2014, 232,000 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed. After five years, 89.5 percent will be alive; the majority being cured. As the population at risk for breast cancer increases, results must be expressed per 100,000 women. In 2005 a total […]
Breast Cancer: Much Good News but Controversies Remain
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Explaining Reduced Benefits
Q: In a recent column, you said that if you took reduced benefits on your own Social Security record, you could not later switch to full benefits on a spouse’s Social Security record. Yet I just did that. I signed up for my own Social Security when I was 62 several years ago. My husband […]
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Show Off Your Sweet Side This Valentine’s Day
Treat family, friends and co-workers to something they will all love this Valentine’s Day by making easy and impressive cookies. Start with your favorite roll-out cookie recipe or simply dress up store-bought ones by adding some simple details with icing. From the cupids at Wilton, here are three ways to leave them smitten with […]
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Galactic Command: GMC Yukon XL Denali a Star-Class Cruiser
I can only imagine what it must be like to take the captain’s seat on the USS Starship Enterprise. But climbing behind the wheel of the new GMC Yukon Denali XL — at night — has to be similar to taking the commander’s console of a starship. It is the take-charge position, lighted at night […]
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Horoscope for the Week of February 1, 2015
ARIES (March 21-April 19). That thing that’s good on paper is somehow not working out for you in real life. Once you accept your true feelings about it (instead of dwelling on how you think you should feel), you’ll move on to a better situation. With your winning attitude, you’ll be unstoppable. TAURUS (April 20-May […]
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More Talks with High-Speed Rail Authority don’t Lessen City’s Concerns
San Fernando City officials met with the state High-Speed Rail Authority on Tuesday, Jan. 20, about proposed rail routes between Burbank and Palmdale, including one that, according to a consultant hired by San Fernando, “would fry the city.” Council members Robert Gonzales and Antonio Lopez, City Manager Brian Saeki, and representatives of the Transit Oriented […]
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Reis Lopez Tijerina Passes
Reis Lopez Tijerina died on Monday, Jan.19 — many have noted the significance of the date being MLK Day. Tijerina, was considered a hero to the Chicano movement and left a controversial legacy that included an armed fight and raid on the Tierra Amarilla courthouse in Northern New Mexico in 1967 to restore Spanish and […]
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No Shrinking Violets
The Poly Parrots girls’ basketball season is shaping up to be a real Horatio Alger story. Or maybe we should call it a Henrietta Alger story. A group of 11 players who, as far as height goes, range from microscopic to barely there have won 14 of 20 games (through Jan. 19). They stand atop […]
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“Spare Parts” a Hit with Valley Area High School Students
There wasn’t a visible red carpet or dozens of commentators describing the scenery in minute detail. But a special screening of the new movie “Spare Parts” was an event for the estimated 900 Valley area students crammed inside the auditorium of San Fernando High School. The movie opened publicly on Friday, Jan. 16, in 440 […]
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Residents Receive Letters from the High-Speed Rail Authority
Many residents and business owners from the Northeast San Fernando Valley have received letters from the High Speed Rail Authority requesting access to their property. Those who have received letters are potentially impacted by the construction and placement of the High Speed rail if it is determined to be along the selected route. Many residents […]